Caccia Giocosa Invenzioni Di Gioseffo Maria Mitelli Pittore Bolognese Da lui effettivamente sperimentate, e dedicate a chi si dilette della Caccia. -
Giuseppe Maria Mitelli
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/4744
Author
Imprint
In Bologna: nella Stamperia di Lelio dalla Volpe., MDCCXLV. Con Licenza De' Superiori.
Physical Description
[4] p., [16] leaves carrying 15 prints and 15 engraved texts; 202 mm.
Contents
[T.p.] - Lettore Cortese - Osservazione per li tempi da cominciare ad Ucellare ad ogni sorte d'Uccelli - [Plates and texts].
Responsibility Note
All the etched prints are signed as made by Mitelli.
Summary Note
Although the title is couched in general terms, text and plates are almost entirely concerned with the hunting of birds.
Original Version Note
Originally published in Bologna in 1684 (copy at Yale University Sterling Memorial Library).
Binding Note
18th-century marbled-papered boards, 20th-century half brown morocco; spine lettered 'Caccia Giocosa - Invenzioni - Mitelli - 1745'.
Subject
Hunting - Equipment - Traps (trapping equipment) - Hunters - Birds - Animals - Italy - History - 18th century
Manuals - Instructional materials - Italy - 18th century
Pictorial works - Italy - 18th century
Contributors